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High School Rugby
Madison United Rugby (MUR) is home to five High School clubs representing schools across the Madison area in both boys and girls competitions.
Middleton Area Rugby
High School Email: coachdaveypbb@gmail.com
Middle School Email: mbremser06@gmail.com
Middleton Rugby Club was founded in 2005 under the guidance of Paul “Guido” Stroede. In that inaugural season, the club took 5th at state. Since then MRC has finished second and third in Division 2 in 2013 and 2014 respectively. 2015 was a historic year for the club, as the club was moved up to the much more competitive Division 1 and managed to finish 2nd in the state, following a narrow loss to Pulaski Rugby in the state title game.
MRC re-identified as Middleton Area Rugby Club in 2015, in order to reflect the changing numbers of players from schools other than Middleton High School, namely James Madison Memorial High School, and Waunakee. In fall 2016, MARC began play in the inaugural season of Wisco 7s. Wisco 7s is the first and only high school sevens tournament series and MARC has made a strong showing the last few seasons.
Paul Stroede passed the Head Coach torch to Matt Bremser in 2017. In 2018, MARC won its first state championship in Division 2. Middleton moved up to Division 1 in 2019 and placed 3rd, and in 2021 MARC took 2nd in D2 finals. MARC placed 3rd place in Division 2 in Coach Bremser last year as Head Coach. Matt Davey the new Head Coach and third coach in MARC history will be looking to compete for our second cup in club history in 2023. MARC rugby started a Middle School program to help grow the sport in the area and will be run by Coach Bremser.
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DONORS: BEN LITCHFIELD, JAKE FOSTER, JASON KILGORE, MATT BREMSER, MICHAEL TAYLOR, NOAH CLARK, PAUL STROEDE, TAMMY AND FRANK BREMSER
Oregon/Stoughton/Westside
Email: rbergemann33@gmail.com
The Oregon Rugby Club is one of the newest member of Madison United Rugby and has joined the dynamic Badgerland Rugby Conference. Started in 2013, the team is based in Oregon, WI, located just south of Madison. The club supports rugby players from Oregon, Stoughton, West and surrounding schools:
Boys High school 9-12
Girls High School 9-12
Boys Middle School 7-8
Our team competes in Badgerland’s Division 2 league against other teams from across southern Wisconsin.
Eastside Rugby
Email: eastsideexilesrugbyclub@gmail.com
The Eastside Exiles Rugby Club is a co-op rugby club recruIting in Madison, Sun Prairie, Deforest, Monona Grove, and McFarland. Rugby is a community, team, and character building club sport. Our board and staff embrace the values of rugby and are dedicated to growing our players beyond athletics.
Our club is dedicated to growing the sport of rugby in wisconsin by providing an opportunity to play while our board members partner with community members to start and maintain new clubs.
MadTown Furies
Email: Johnsonbone1@uwalumni.com
The Madtown Furies are Dane County’s only girls high school rugby team and were founded in 2015. The Furies have Co-Oped with several programs and are currently playing in conjunction with OshKosh and Fond du Lac rugby. Multiple Furies have played for the Wisconsin Selects, Badger Selects, Stars Rugby, and EIRA academy.
Furies alumni are playing with Colorado School of Mines, University of Wisconsin (Madison and Oshkosh), University of Minnesota and several women’s clubs including the Wisconsin Women’s Rugby Football club and Dallas Reds women’s rugby. 2023-24 is looking to be a good year for girls rugby!